Gold Coast vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$994
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	49	29
😀 Quality of life	88	44
🏙️ Population	608K	6.17M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 197% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1120th and 6548th ($2300 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 45th in Australia and China, respectively. Check Australia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 209th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Maoming

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	Gold Coast	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$18483

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014